A Detailed Description of Sexually Transmissible Oral Diseases Relevant to Dental Practice
Sexually Transmissible Oral Diseases delivers an expert and comprehensive description of sexually transmissible oral diseases encountered in clinical dental practice. This book features contributions from more than 20 international experts representing the disciplines of oral medicine, sexual health, infectious diseases, microbiology, community medicine, and dermatology.
Divided into three relevant sections, readers will find:
- An overview of the etiology, epidemiology, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS.
- Details on risky sexual behaviors and their impact on oral health, including the risk of sexually transmissible diseases associated with oral sex.
- Detailed descriptions of oral manifestations of sexually transmissible infections.
- Diagnostic and treatment strategies for oral healthcare professionals in the dental setting.
- Clinical images that complement the user-friendly patient-focused approach of the book.
Sexually Transmissible Oral Diseases is ideal for dental practitioners, oral medicine specialists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, dental hygienists, oral health therapists, and dental educators. The book will also earn a place in medical and dental libraries as a recommended reference book for dental students, medical students, and students of other health professions.
Table of Contents
Dedication
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Glossary
Section 1. Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Global Issue
Chapter 1. Sexually Transmitted Diseases: An overview: Yasmin Hughes, Shailendra Sawleshwarkar.
Chapter 2. Global Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: An overview: Yasmin Hughes, Shailendra Sawleshwarkar.
Chapter 3. Impact of Sexually Transmitted Diseases on Public Health: Chythra Rao, Raghavendra Rao
Chapter 4. Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention: An Overview: S R Prabhu, Amanda Oakley, David H Felix
Chapter 5. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS): An overview: S R Prabhu. Nicholas van Wagoner
Section 2. The Mouth and the Risky Sexual Behaviours
Chapter 6. Defense Mechanisms of Oral and Genital Mucosae. Pallavi Hegde, Raghavendra Rao, Sujitha Reddy
Chapter 7. Oral and Genital Microbiota: Vidya Pai, S R Prabhu
Chapter 8. Risky Sexual Behaviours: Vijayasarathi Ramanathan
Chapter 9. Sexually Transmitted Disease Risk and Oral Sex: CDC Fact sheet
Section 3 Sexually Transmitted Oral Diseases
Chapter 10. Oral Traumatic Lesions Associated with Oral Sex: S R Prabhu
Chapter 11. Oral Opportunistic Infections, Neoplasms and Other Lesions in HIV/AIDS: Samuel Sprague, Henry Fang, Newell W Johnson
Chapter 12. Oral Manifestations of Syphilis: Andrea Braga Moleri, Mário José Romañach, Ana Luiza Oliveira Corrêa Roza, S R Prabhu
Chapter 13. Oral Manifestations of Gonorrhoea. Anura Ariyawardana
Chapter 14. Oral Herpes virus Infections. Jeremy Lau, Ramesh Balasubramaniam
Chapter 15. Human Papilloma Virus Associated Oral Lesions: S R Prabhu, Jeff Hill
Chapter 16. Oropharyngeal manifestations of Chlamydia: Nicholas van Wagoner, S R Prabhu
Chapter 17. Oropharyngeal Manifestations of Infectious Mononucleosis: Sue- Ching Yeoh
Chapter 18. Oral Manifestations of Candidosis: Norman Firth
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